My friend's laptop is having a strange issue where the desktop flashes on and off with the theme color.
I did a virus and malwarebytes scan, and found nothing.
I turned off all startup programs except a few.
It seems to work fine in Safe Mode, however.
Here is a video:...

Just over the last couple of weeks I've had a very strange rather icon-like vertical rectangle appear on my desktop in every session, generally within a very few minutes of completion of loading of startup programs, and I haven't been able to relate its appearance to any specific program. It looks...

on my widnows 8 laptop, i have a weird problem. i recently got a HDMI screed that i am using for a second screen. I set it up (top right hand corner of screen > devices > second screen > extend). so thats all good. but, when i boot up, my screen doesn't turn on with the screen plugged in. so what i...

EDIT: this problem is solved!
Hi everybody, i have a strange issue with my Laptop, as the title says, i have a very strange issue when switching from the start menu to the desktop, you can see this issue in action on youtube and further explanation. Please watch the video and please help me solve...

Windows 8 Pro, latest updates.
Strange error message in last couple days on startup, sometimes at other times.
Explorer.exe (in title bar of message)
In message section-yellow triangle with exclamation point, followed by "Windows can't find the target".
What target?